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thomas-greenfield as a u.n. ambassador. >> the diversity is important for the look of america. i want to elevate the conversation to talk about the good day, everyone, from framework, whether the appointment is native american, msnbc world headquarters here in new york. latin american, black or white, welcome to "alex witt." there is good news and discouraging news in the epic what if the question of the 21st century will be the question of coronavirus battle. race? what we're finding is in 2020, health experts are expressing concern about spread of the we're still dealing with the virus after the u.s. added more question of race. that is something that as a than 2,000 daily cases for six nation we must get beyond. consecutive days. there have now been more than >> any concern on this? 14.6 million confirmed cases because the president-elect, the across the u.s., and today we're getting a better picture of when most americans can expect to get future president, says he is a coronavirus vaccine after health care workers and vulnerable populations are going to have a diverse cabinet. vaccinated. >> in the february/march time do you think people will share frame that you're going to see the same identity as their more general vaccination, and by constituency but it doesn't the second quarter of next year, necessarily mean they can speak to the same experiences? we'll have enough vaccine for

every american that wants it, >> we have an african-american but more and more people are who is the head of hud and that just going to progressively keep getting vaccinated week after is one place where it was week as the product rolls off the line. >> and the first coronavirus gutted. it is about the experience, it is about the thought, but most vaccine could be approved in the u.s. as soon as next week. importantly it's about the clear the fda is meeting on thursday message being sent from the west to review pfizer's trial data. wing of the white house. here are the policy priorities officials expect it to be to address racial justice. approved and distributed in a that's got to be most important matter of days. just to correct myself, 200,000 because we all must grapple with cases per day, everybody. the issue of tribalism and put that's what's been added. more than that, even. this nation back together so we can move forward together. we have reporters telling us >> president and ceo of the naacp, very, very well said, about the latest on the vaccine. derrick johnson. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you. coming up, the days of in we have scott first, because it is just the last few hours before the bay area closes down, infamy. the final chapter of the trump in effect. what can you tell us about that, administration and how it may what to expect? >> yeah, alex, let me first of mirror the days of president nixon. y mirror the days of president nixon. all show you the big picture in california and the map. this is really what's driving part of the irresistible scent collection from gain! everything. intensive care unit bed capacity, the cutoff as far as the state is concerned is 15%.

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>> it's like we are playing a game. yes, you can do it, no, you can't do it, take it down and move it. sometimes you want to just shut down everything and do something else, which is not something i want to do. >> reporter: he says that he will try and hold out, but he's going to have to lay off his wait staff, for example, because in-person dining is done. that's just one of the issues with this regional stay-at-home order. retail will stay open, but at vastly reduced capacity. non-essential travel is limited. hotels can only open to essential personnel, no leisure travel, that type of thing. as they try and get this under control, and here if the bay area, this stays in effect until the beginning of january. other parts of the state, we'll see what happens, but they are trying to keep the capacity at the hospitals under control as

it's now currently in danger of being overwhelmed, alex. >> understandably so, scott. thank you for that. well, a field hospital in western massachusetts began taking patients today, but the field hospital itself could be ouf ren overrun by the end of this month. let's go to kathy in worcester forest. hey, kathy. >> when you look at this, it looks at the ongoing crisis here. when you look at the number statewide, saturday marked the third consecutive days where they reached more than 5,000 cases. clearly the crisis is worsening here locally as well as statewide, and that's why they have this pop-up field hospital opening up inside the dcu center, and it's officially open for business. we got a tour inside just a few moments ago. we had the chance to talk to the

ceo of u.s. memorial, and he says the convention center is now a hot zone. take a listen. >> we're prepared to do higher acuity and we're prepared for people that deteriorate while they're here, but the goal would work, largely clearing his be to take the lowest acuity of schedule of meetings unrelated to his desperate bid to rewrite patients that would be in the hospital and put them here election results. a narrative he stuck to during first. >> reporter: now, alex, the his first big rally since the biggest concern looking ahead is election. >> when the numbers come out of what's going to happen this ceilings and come out of leather month, because they are bracing for the post-thanksgiving surge. bags, you start to say, what's going on? right now they are taking about they cheated and they rigged our 25 patients at a time, but they presidential election, but we have the capacity to fill up the will still win it. the extreme left will pack the center to 220 patients. supreme court with 24 radical so what's unique about this justices who are rou field hospital is that they opened up in the spring. obviously, a lot of time has passed and they have learned a justices. we are rounding the turn, we are lot of lessons. rounding the corner on the and in that time frame, they pandemic. by the way, the swing states, i were able to stock up on the ppe. they are saying they have enough won them by a lot. ventilators. and what really struck us when i won them by a lot. and i have to say, if i lost, i we took the tour inside was that would be a very gracious loser. they had this community space for covid-19 patients to >> well, that's questionable,

congregate, because the ceo told but what is not questionable is us that really, loneliness and joining me now. dan rather, former anchor of cbs isolation only makes the problem worse. so hopefully this will help in evening news, also the co-author the recovery process, but with of "what u nighnites us: reflex the therapies that are in place now and this new knowledge that we have about the virus, they're hoping to limit the time that they're spending inside this patrioti patriotism." what do you make of this season facility. of trump election grievances? but what was really notable, alex, was the fact that there >> well, it's very difficult to are return health care workers. put it in anything other than a we spoke with a nurse who was from cape cod. historical perspective. she was here in the spring. it begins by saying we've never she's back again. gone through anything quite like this is something that they're this. but, look, this is a very going into battle once again, and they are in it together. this is a unifying force. dangerous period because whether you kind of get the sense of you like him or don't like him, whether you agree with him or don't agree with him, he's still community out here, but it is president of the united states. remarkable to see everyone in this community mobilizing for now, there are many, many people the second time. in this country and many people alex? >> i tell you, we call them abroad who look at what happened heroes for good reason by that last night and say, you know, description. thank you so much, kathy park, this president is, quote, for that. joining me now, msnbc news unhinged. he's gone bonkers. there is a widespread view of contributor natalie azar and dr. that. however, keep in mind that more than 70 million people voted for the man, and many of them still madad, an infectious disease

believe in him. doctor here in the city. he's winning an unreality show. dr. madad, your reaction of what's going on in it's like one of those old massachusetts, what we heard from the two reporters there, medicine shows, but the medicine show rolls on, and each and also emergency rooms filling up again. individual person is going to is this worse than it was in the make their point of view of what spring? there was a los angeles times it is with trump and what they headline that hit my phone as i saw last night. was going to sleep. we need to see, alex, without it kept me up because it, preaching on it, because you indeed, said this is worse than know me, i'm an optimist by what they predicted. >> that's absolutely correct. if you just look at the number nature and experience, and i'm optimistic about the country. of hospitalizations, this has but this is a very dangerous tripled in the past couple of period. the next 45, 60 days until the months, and the worst part of all of this is that we haven't new president is sworn in, even hit the peak. because people do need to so when i talk about the peak, understand the following things. number one, trump is still this is when you have the highest number of deaths, and we president of the united states. number two, there are many, many haven't hit that yet. people who do believe what he is we'll probably get to that from saying or at least say that they mid to late january, which means believe. they're standing in behind him. until that point, we'll be and when we read things like breaking record number of cases, peter baker's excellent article in the "new york times" this deaths and hospitalizations. we haven't even started to see the full brunt of the morning, that the president is post-thanksgiving surge. we're starting to see that near depressed inside the white

trickle in to hospitals across house, baker is a great the nation now. reporter. he has very good sources inside, we're hitting a double whammy and i have no reason to doubt that what he has written is when christmas comes, so we are in for a very grim future, and accurate. this is not looking good. but the article went on to sort one thing i will mention to all of you viewers is it's important of draw shakespearean to take these safety restrictions upon yourself. connections and examples from regardless of where you are, new history. this is not a fiction thesis, york, california, rhode island, it's about your safety. this is not a play. so if cases are in your area, you want to go ahead and this is the history of america and it hangs in the balance. continue doing these preventive measures. >> we have to remind folks it's number one, does congress over a global pandemic. the next week -- they have only wherever you are, you have to be about a week -- pass this new concerned about it. dr. azar, is there any chance of economic package? it's very, very important. slowing the spread before this the odds are against that happening. number two, and these are in no holiday season is starting and particular order. what happens with those two senate races in georgia? before the vaccine can really it's odds that the democrats can start helping? win both of them, but no one >> yes, there is, and i don't should underestimate the think we can lose sight of that, importance of those two races. number three, what happens with just like dr. madad was saying, the coronavirus between now and, our behavior can still impact this. these are all forecasts. say, inauguration day, and that the modeling definitely projects would include christmas? these kinds of numbers. we are already experiencing a we're concerned obviously in the surge.

next few weeks that we're going now we're on the verge of having a surge on top of a surge. to see the results of the can the country, does the thanksgiving surge, you know, with christmas shortly country put itself together with thereafter and the holidays in enough discipline to general, but i don't think that people need to feel, you know, completely that they have no control over this. this? i think it's still important to what's coming with the virus is going to be a very dark one reinforce that we can shape a little bit the future of this pandemic in the next couple of before we get to a vaccine. that brings us back to we're a weeks. >> so earlier today, the head of country divided. the country's vaccine, we're under attack with the development and distribution virus. said he thinks we will be the president of the united states is still president. protected from the coronavirus for years after being immunized. he can still try to further divide the country. take a listen to this. that's why i say while i'm an >> my opinion, based on science optimistic country looking at the long view, in the short and experience i have, is that this vaccine effectiveness will range, this is going to be a very dangerous period. >> dan, i appreciate your be long-lasting, because one of optimism. the hallmark of our immune i've been in the industry long enough to have been filled with system is it has memory. it remembers everything we just a rather innate sense of learned, it learned. and when it sees the virus respect for the white house, for again, it responds to it much, much faster than when it sees it the presidency. the first time. i think that process of memory that said, when it comes to this is likely to prolong our particular president, has he

protection for probably a few brought on himself these claims, years, and maybe many, many these cries, these lamentations years. >> dr. madad, do you agree with that assessment? >> well, i think right now that's the million-dollar about his behavior and what question, is how long immunity is going to last for, and we mayma won't have a definitive answer may or may not be going on inside the white house, the until the vaccine is out in the world and over time we'll see how long it lasts. both moderna and pfizer started criticisms he really deplore s, their vaccine efforts, and we're because he's been very, very about four months out. the thought is it will be longer unconvention lasting. this is one of the things we'll unconventional, and the lack of respect he's shown for the tradition of office. find out. >> dr. azar, i want to put the are these warranted even if he last question to you here. is the president of the united at what point will we know states? >> obviously, and this is not a whether or not the vaccine is, medical opinion, it's a matter in fact, long-term protection? of record. on the record the answer is yes, what keeps it from looking more he deserves these criticisms like the yearly flu shot? because he is the first and only >> well, right now, alex, it's president of the united states in which it can be said without just too soon to tell. any question that while he was certainly it's encouraging that in office, he seeked to further dr. slaoui was saying that, but divide the country rather than try to bring it together, and

he himself will admit that this is a very important point, barely one year into this he sought to diminish most of pandemic, it's really impossible to know exactly how durable the the institutions designed to be immunity will be. he refers to what we all talk check and balanced on power. about, the presence of the he tried to diminish any number neutralizing antibodies still of judges in the courts, tried being present after a few months, which is definitely to diminish the free and open encouraging. there is another arm of the press. he attacked the congress, the immune system called the t-cell legislative branch when memory, which is also important, possible. we've never been through that but we won't really know until before, so nobody can say what perhaps one year from now to see whether or not people need to get boosters. there is a lot of things that go is unfair to raise the question of is he, quote, bonkers, is he the most divisive president we've we into the immunogenicity of the have ever had? i think it is fair. vaccine and how people respond. older folks have much less robust response to vaccination, most of us, over wellinginghelm individuals who are taking certain medicines that can were raised with the respect of suppress their immune response, the office. they may not have such a durable and he made it very difficult to response. i would say the two biggest teach that to upcoming outstanding questions now are whether or not the vaccine prevents transmission, meaning generations. if you've been vaccinated and exposed, you yourself may not get sick, but are you able to in our country the president is still transmit to somebody else. head of government and head of

state unlike a king or a queen. we don't know that yet, and certainly the durability, we just don't know that yet. it's too soon. >> i certainly appreciate you donald trump has attacked all of both weighing in. thank you so much. those things. coming up next, i have one reason that i'm worried is questions for the newly elected because in -- we have to get assistant speaker of the house with what's being compromised in that new covid relief bill, and past the coronavirus, who knows when we can do that. can americans count on help by we have to get into the new christmas? later, legendary news maker biden presidency. dan rather on these dark, waning and between now and then it is a days of the trump administration very perilous past. and how it may eventually end. >> indeed, dan rather. . optimistic yet sobering. philadelphia cream cheese. thank you so much. i always enjoy our chats. made with fresh milk and real cream >> thank you, dan. >> pre-emptive pardons, would makes your recipes their holiday favourites. the holidays are made with philly. they protect the president and his family? that is next. sident and his family that is next ♪ irresistibly smooth chocolate. to put the world on pause.

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feels embattled, and not because anyone has done anything illegal. professor of law melissa mur are -- murray is joining us now. why would the president feel a need to pardon people not ♪ their holiday favourites. charged with a crime. >> that is a terrific question. president trump has been very ocean spray works with nature every day free with using the pardon power to keep you healthy in the course of his presidency. many times with results that benefit the people who are close to him. for example michael flynn or roger stone. but again this question of why he feels the need to issue pardons for family members not yet issued or charges, that is a question people would like to know. maybe he knows something that we do not. but either way this is in keeping with the use of the pardon power over the use of this unorthodox presidency. >> how much traction can a pardon have if it is not issued for anything specific. like specific wrong doing. >> this is uncharted territory.

we had preeven tir pardomven -- pardons. there were not specific crimes that had already been charged there. so you can have pre-emptive pardons in that respect and famously gerald ford pardoned president nixon. so you can have that kind of pre-emptive pardon, but again new today, there are now 45 you have to specify the kind of days until joe biden is sworn into office and moves into that conduct that you think would building there. the president is using his final give rise to the crimes that days in power with baseless might later be investigated or accusations, now declaring that might be charged at a later victory in his first date. there has to be some specificity post-election rally in georgia. >> we've never lost an election. or at least there has been in we're winning this election. the past. >> what about what happened on if i lost, i would say i lost, tuesday when ivanka trump was but you can't ever accept when deposed for that lawsuit that claims that trump's 2017 they steal and rig and rob. inauguration committee misused donor funds.

>> what did he say he lost? she called the investigation another politically motivated anyway, this morning, georgia's republican leaders are setting demonstration of vindictiveness, the record straight and letting the president know loud and but here is how the dc attorney clear, yeah, he lost. general responded to it. >> i voted for president trump, >> some of my colleagues in the i campaigned for him, and unfortunately he did not win the democratic ag room brought a lot state of george. on january 20th, joe biden is of lawsuits against the trumps going to be sworn in as the 46th in the last almost four years. president and the constitution is still in place. about 130 lawsuits. this is still america. >> georgia residents are also concerned that the president's rhetoric could negatively impact we won about 80%. that means that democratic and democrats taking control of the republican judges, courts of senate as the election rapidly appeals, fie final arbiters, approaches. meanwhile, negotiations intensify for a covid relief bill as the parties rival for a bipartisan plan. thought that they needed to be some lawmakers say it must come together now. held to account. >> do you agree with that? >> the $908 billion of >> surely it has been an investment we make into the citizens of this country in trying to keep this economy from classing could be more important unauthoriu than $2 trillion would be in unorthodox administration gives february and march if we do rise to poor optics and rise to nothing. >> the democrats always want a the dc attorney general.

larger number, but we were told an investigation into civil we couldn't get anything through charges of fraud. they would have no effect on the the republicans except at the $900 billion level. we worked at that number. if there was more money pard available, certainly i would pardon. but i do think that under lying on the trump's part is the idea want to see more help in america. that they are being targeted by >> and negotiators are having another multi-hour call today to hammer out a deal. let's go to nbc's josh letterman blue state attorney generals, by the justice department, and the biden administration coming in. for us. these pardons are. josh, how are republican officials responding? >> reporter: they are holding firm in difficult circumstances, alex, and making it clear they are not going to be cowed by >> learned that as well today, president trump's threats and thank you. >> two big events today could they are not going to accede to their demands. have a big impact on the balance you heard the governor. of power and a podium is at the he said there is no reason for center of it all. is at the governor kemp to hold a special center of it all session of the legislature as i logged 10,000 steps today. president trump is repeatedly shingles doesn't care. i get as much fresh air as possible. demanding. if you think about t it, alex, l good for you, but shingles doesn't care. these republican officials in because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection.

georgia said there is no widespread fraud, that president-elect joe biden won but no matter how healthy you feel, the state fair and square. your immune system declines as you age, for them to now take any steps that the president is demanding increasing your risk for getting shingles. would be, in effect, them saying so what can protect you? we're going to throw out the shingrix protects. will of the voters, the popular for the first time ever, vote in this state. we are going to move the you can protect yourself from shingles with goalposts as one of those a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. officials said in an interview this morning, and we're instead shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults going to put somebody else on top of getting those electoral 50 years and older. votes in georgia who flat out shingrix does not protect everyone didn't win the state of georgia. and is not for those with severe allergic reactions i wanted you to hear a little to its ingredients or to a previous dose. bit from gabe sterling who is the most common side effects are pain, redness, the information -- voting and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, information systems manager in georgia. he works for the secretary of tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, state's office. you may remember him from reaa y and upset stomach. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about protecting yourself with shingrix. really impassioned news shingles doesn't care. shingrix protects. conference he gave yesterday morning where he was worrying about the threats election officials in georgia were we started by making the cloud easier to manage. getting as a result of the president's comments and but we didn't stop there. misinformation. he talked about that dominion we made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. contractor who was getting threats for simply having taken a job. take a listen to what he said on no matter what it does, or how it changes. "meet the press" today about the

effect of the president's and we kept going. disinformation. >> at this point, as a young so you only pay for what you use. because at dell technologies, we stop...at nothing. whack-a-mole, the president's information is false, ♪ disinformation, he is striking fear among his peers, and i voted for him. >> reporter: that's one of the things, alex, this is not andrew ♪ cuomo squaring off with other democrats in the state. these are those who said they supported president trump, they supported them up and down the experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln ballot. in fact, he was also on wish list sales event. television this morning. he has had calls for his sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. resignation, not only from trump, but from both of the republican senators who are competing in that runoff on january 5th, senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. despite the fact he's saying ♪ both of them should be gone, whether he supports them in this

election, his response was, alex, absolutely. >> okay, josh, thank you very much. we appreciate that absolutely. let's go to capitol hill and a potential deal on a covid relief bill. joining me, katherine clark, democrat from massachusetts. she is also the vice chair of the democratic caucus and newly elected assistant of the house. with a welcome to you, i first want to talk about the coronavirus belief. this new bipartisan $908 billion proposal, do you support it? >> we don't have a choice but to make sure the american people get relief as quickly as possible. for the last eight months, we have watched american people suffer. one in eight families are now going to bed hungry. 8 million americans have slipped into poverty. 40 million americans are facing

homelessness, and 12 million are looking at their unemployment benefits expiring at the end of the month. and those statistics don't tell that story about the suffering that families are undergoing. those statistics, as startling as they are, really tell a tale of heartbreak and of loss of life. we are now losing two americans every minute to the coronavirus and of loss of livelihood in a deep, deep fear of what it means for families going forward. how do we crush this virus and rebuild our economy and give people hope? so this package is about getting a bridge to a new administration that is going to put the focus back on science and creating an even more inclusive economy.

but we simply cannot go home for the holidays without making sure that we are getting some relief to the american people. >> absolutely. and the president-elect has said this is a down payment, but i do want to look backwards. in fact, thinking of the last holiday there on thanksgiving, because before that, before the election, even, the white house seemed to offer a $1.8 trillion stimulus proposal and your party opposed it. here's what some democratic committee chairs were saying back in october. you had speaker pelosi calling the offering holy and insufficient. representative maxine waters called it a weak proposal, richard neal calling it a transparent attempt to score political points. what has changed in this late starter? >> i am going to disagree a little bit in that the democrats

in the house have consistently passed relief, starting with the heroes act back in may. coming back in july and saying we have to stabilize child care and our postal service. coming back in october and passing another relief package that actually included more areas of substance relief while reducing the overall price tag. and we are now in a position where we know that we are going to have a president that will prioritize listening to science, getting control and eradicating this pandemic and putting the tools in place and resources to rebuild our economy. so we are going to do what we need to do to build that bridge, to get us to that real relief. but we have to do this. we have so many programs expiring at the end of this month. >> yeah, no, absolutely. this will help address part of that. but let me quickly get back to the 1.8.

is it that there was non-agreement between the white house and mitch mcconnell? is that something that democrats in the house believed would not be passed in the senate? were there signals back then, because there were a lot of people who scratched their heads and said, hey, we could have gotten more. was mitch mcconnell not on board with the president? >> he absolutely wasn't. he was very clear that he did not support any deal before the election. he has been an obstructionist for the last two years. as we have passed over 400 bills that just aren't bills to say that we passed bills but vital pieces that could have helped us get through this pandemic. just one quick example. investments in child care, pay equity, raising the minimum wage and passing paid sick leave. we are seeing one out of four women leave the work force in response to this pandemic.

if those bills had not been obstructed by the senate, we would -- and mitch mcconnell, we would have women in a far better position economically. and there is going to be no recovery unless we make sure that we are valuing women's work and enabling them to fully participate. >> here's something else that is pretty gut-wrenching and i know you will 100% agree, and that is the food line. i spoke with my esteemed colleague yeti masson of the "washington post" that 26 million americans do not have enough to eat. something medi said struck me. >> the richest country in the history of the world. what is the point of being the richest country in the world if you cannot feed your population. feed. forget housing and employment, which is another crisis there. how can we have a hunger crisis?

we had a hunger crisis pre-covid, but as you say, it's gone up by the millions. >> do you think members of congress understand that urgency? do enough lawmakers think this way to put differences and politics aside and just get something done? >> i can tell you that the house democrats understand this to their core, and that was one of the reasons that mitch mcconnell gave why he wouldn't make a deal. he did not want to spend a single dollar increasing programs to feed hungry americans. just think about that. one in eight families over thanksgiving went to bed hungry. people are actually putting their children, as one mom told me, to bed early so they have less time to feel the hunger pains. as we go into this holiday season, let's think about our neighbors and what builds strong communities. it starts with those pillars,

the basics. we have enough in this country to feed everybody. we can make sure that people don't fall into poverty, that they are able to keep a roof over their head and even gain one. we can make sure that americans have what they need in unemployment and stimulus checks to weather this pandemic while we wait for a vaccine. and improvements in testing and treatment. but this doesn't happen without congress. and mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans have been opposed at every turn. so we will take this opportunity, if they're having a change of heart, to make sure that we do the most we can until we can get to an administration that is going to turn its focus on the security and the prosperity of the american people. >> congresswoman katherine clark, our newly elected assistant speaker of the house,

my first interview with you, and i hope the first of many, as you're in this lofty position, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you, alex. president-elect joe biden says he wants his cabinet to be diverse. we'll hear what he plans to tell the naacp president this week. ll the naacp president this week. pick up more on every pass with no hair wrap. shark vertex with duoclean power fins. honey honey? new nyquil severe honey is maximum strength cold and flu medicine with soothing honey-licious taste. nyquil honey. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever best sleep with a cold medicine.

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on tuesday, president-elect joe biden is slated to meet with naacp leaders to tackle some critical issues which also include decisions that will be made during the transition period. joining me now is the president and ceo of the naacp, derek johnson. derek, good to see you. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> you are helping the biden administration to focus on justice. in that regard, what are you concentrating on on tuesday?

>> the naacp with the legal defense funds, the mutual conference and lores committee will be meeting with the president-elect to discuss this pillar. he has climate, covid and racial justice. we want to talk about what are the plans for racial justice? we want to move beyond talking about individuals and talk about the positive framework with which this administration will begin to focus. >> that makes sense, certainly. let's focus on one of those pillars as the black community is suffering exponentially from covid-19. the director of warp speed addressed this this morning. take a listen. >> we work very hard, and the surgeon general, with all the leaders that we could, we engaged the minority population, in particular the latin

americans and african-americans, to understand the importance of participating in the trials because that will be very important to helping us convey to the minority population the safety and the efficacy of these vaccines. nobody is being used as a guinea pig. >> derek, put in perspective for me the skepticism within the community about the coronavirus vaccine. yes, we know about the fmer pre barack obama discussed that, but today talk about the skepticism. >> it is well-founded. it's something that has always been a concern in the african-american community, and now we find ourselves in this conundrum of the experiment reality and the lack of diversity in clinical trials. so there is a middle place, and many of our groups are looking at ways to help educate african-americans on how to balance the two things. we would never say to remove the

skepticism because that's real, and we know through history, and at the same time we know having diversity in clinical trials is important. we will be having a town meeting on the 16th to address this issue with medical health professionals. take this because we she